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A young boy with short curly dark hair sits in an orange saffron robe, holding a grey stone slab in both hands and looking down at it. A tilak mark is visible on his forehead and a thin silver chain is around his neck. Behind him, other people in orange and maroon robes sit in a blurred setting with wooden furnishings. Another figure in orange is partly visible behind the boy, and a dark-haired person is at the right edge.

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February 01 20172017-02-01 +1 copiesPhoto 11710371A young boy with curly dark hair sits cross-legged on a floor in orange saffron cloth, wearing a gold pendant necklace, and white sandalwood-like markings on his forehead and arms. He holds a small red flower or offering and looks down with eyes closed amid fragrant smoke. Around him other saffron-clad devotees sit with bare shoulders, some with white forehead markings. Brass oil lamps, a small white deity murti on a stand, incense sticks, a plate of flowers and offerings lie on the floor in front. A blurred background of white walls. The photograph is from a person ashram ritual setting.2017-07-20A shaved-headed young boy in saffron-orange robes sits with eyes closed and palms joined in front of his chest during a ritual. He has white horizontal tilak stripes and a red bindi on his forehead, and small gold hoop earrings. Beside him, another person in orange robes with white forehead markings and a rudraksha mala sits with head bowed, and a person at right wears orange cloth, a rudraksha bracelet and beaded necklace. In the foreground are a brass kalasha-style vessel, a cup of flowers and a small brass lamp on a orange cushion, with a Rubik's cube and a white card on the lower right.2013-07-26A young boy with dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged at the front of a hall, wrapped in orange saffron cloth with white ash markings on his shoulders and chest. He tends small brass lamps and a brass vessel with a lit flame on a white-draped table, beside a small white deity murti and offerings of pink flowers. Behind him, several people in orange robes sit on the floor in rows, and there are golden-ornamented stands at the edges.2017-07-20July 08 20172017-07-08Seated indoors on a tiled floor, a young woman in an orange sari with gold border and rudraksha beads, with a tilak on her forehead, holds a small stone or slate and looks down at it. Around her, people sit in white and cream clothes with gold borders; a shaved-headed child in white sits in the foreground, and a woman with a white-and-gold sari and tilak sits at right. Brass boxes lie on the floor and red chairs stand in the background. No person in the scene is identifiable as a person, so the a person candidate field is set to none.2017-03-03A shaved-headed young boy in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged at a ritual tray, wearing a rudraksha mala with a small gold pendant. White sacred ash marks his forehead and upper arms, with a red bindi between his brows. Behind him, an older person in maroon robes and gold ornaments sits near brass vessels and a small silver kalasha-style cup, with a lit oil lamp and offerings on the silver tray in front of him. The setting appears to be a puja or ritual gathering in a dimly lit hall.2013-04-10 +1 copiesApril 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesA shaved-headed young monk in saffron-orange robes with a red border and rudraksha beads sits on a mat, writing with a green pen in an open notebook on a metal low table. A white vertical tilak mark is on his forehead. Behind him, other saffron-robed monks sit with folded hands. On the table sit a pink-and-red decorated pouch, a small brass bell or lamp, and a woven cloth. The notebook page shows a small printed photo of robed figures.2013-04-10A shaved-headed young boy in saffron-orange robes with a red border sits cross-legged on a mat, writing in a notebook with a green pen. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and has a white horizontal tilak on his forehead. Beside him, other saffron-robed people sit on the floor, and a metal tray holds a small brass vessel and decorative items.2013-04-10A young shaved-headed child in saffron-orange robes sits with palms pressed together in namaste before a ritual setup. The child wears a rudraksha mala with gold beads, gold hoop earrings, and white horizontal tilak lines with a red bindi on the forehead. Other orange-robed children and attendees are blurred in the background, and a brass lamp and a green-lidded plastic container sit in the foreground.2013-11-18